STYLE: Celtic RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 12245-1268 LABEL: Open Sky OPENVP999CD FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 2 RRP: £16.99
Reviewed by Heather Marsden
This album was created by artists donating tracks to raise funds for Luca, the autistic son of Dave and Debbie Bainbridge. Dave is the guitarist with Celtic prog band Iona, so predictably there is a Celtic and ethereal feel to many of these tracks. The track list reads like a who's who of Celtic and New Age rock (including Moya Brennan, Rick Wakeman and Karnataka). "Open Sea" is a nice gentle track from Eden's Bridge and from Iona themselves there is a particularly good live version of "Man". The album is eclectic in the best sense so hopefully it will prompt you to investigate some of the other artists' work further. Essentially this is a Celtic chill-out album, so if that's your taste I'd highly recommend it.
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Product Description
26 tracks including 10 previously unreleased including Beijing - widescreen remix' from IONA and other unreleased tracks from Dave Bainbridge and Bainbridge & Fitzgerald. Also features tracks by Rick Wakeman, Maire Brennan, Eden's Bridge, Joanne Hogg, Troy Donockley, Terl Bryant and Adrian Snell. All proceeds from this album will go towards helping Dave and Debbie Bainbridge's autistic son Luca overcome the challenges that autism bring to his life.